St Anne's Catholic Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 4–11 · Nantwich, Cheshire East
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.251 miles
Criterion 8 · Published by Cheshire East Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St Anne's Catholic Primary School is a primary school in Nantwich, Cheshire East for ages 4–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 25 June 2025. Cheshire East has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
St Anne's Catholic Primary School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | 1.251 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The last child offered a Reception place in 2026 under one of its admission criteria lived 1.251 miles away, and the 2026 figure was the shortest of the 3 years.
- For 2026 Reception entry there were 26 first-choice applications for 26 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- 2024/25 results: 61% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), 3rd lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Cheshire East.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Cheshire East schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Wellington Road, Nantwich, CW5 7DA
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Sector
- State-funded
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Cheshire East
- Pupils on roll
- 198 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 15.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 24.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 25 June 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils are cared for and loved in the St Anne’s ‘family’.”
- “It is a school where all are welcomed and nurtured.”
- “Pupils are warmly met by friendly staff.”
To improve
- “However, in some subjects, the school has not clarified well enough its expectations for what pupils need to learn.”
- “On occasion, this hinders teachers from teaching the most important knowledge.”
- “It also prevents pupils from making meaningful connections with their prior learning.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 8 September 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 61% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 26 first-preference applications, 26 offers in total, 26 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Cheshire East.
- Weaver Primary School 0.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Pear Tree Primary School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Millfields Primary Academy 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Nantwich Primary Academy 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Stapeley Broad Lane CofE Primary School 1.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Highfields Academy 1.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Willaston Primary Academy 1.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Acton Church of England Primary Academy 1.7 mi Good Last distance published